HMS Truro was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Aberdare sub-class, constructed for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was built by William Simons & Company at their shipyard in Renfrew, Scotland, and was launched on 16 April 1919. As an Aberdare sub-class vessel, she represented an enlarged and more heavily armed version of the original Hunt-class minesweepers. The vessel displaced approximately 750 long tons (760 tonnes) at normal load and up to 930 long tons (940 tonnes) at full load. She measured 231 feet (70.4 meters) in length overall, with a beam of 28 feet 6 inches (8.7 meters) and a draught of 7 feet 6 inches (2.3 meters). Her crew consisted of 74 officers and ratings. Power was provided by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving a single shaft with steam supplied by two Yarrow boilers. These engines produced a combined 2,200 indicated horsepower (1,600 kW), allowing HMS Truro to reach a maximum speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). Her fuel capacity of 185 long tons (188 tonnes) of coal granted her a range of approximately 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 miles) at a cruising speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Armament on HMS Truro included a quick-firing 4-inch (102 mm) gun positioned forward of the bridge and a QF twelve-pounder (3-inch (76.2 mm)) anti-aircraft gun aft. Some sister ships were fitted with alternate anti-aircraft guns, such as QF six-pounder or three-pounder Hotchkiss guns. HMS Truro’s service life was relatively brief; she was completed in 1919 and sold for scrap on 19 May 1928 to Thos. W. Ward, destined to be broken up in Milford Haven. Her design and service reflect the Royal Navy’s wartime efforts to develop effective minesweeping vessels, and she remains a representative example of early 20th-century naval mine countermeasure technology.

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